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Thank you Mr Barnett

the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:49:38 GMT

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-07/colin-barnett-wants-up-to-1000-syrian-refugees-sent-to-wa/6755944

I'm not a fan of our current State Government, but Ido believe in giving credit where credit is due and I was delighted to see the above headline in today's paper.It's not a huge offer, but it's positive, it's proactive and it makes me feel proud to be a Waussie.

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Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 03:13:59 GMT

"I am of the view that Western Australia could easily accommodate up to 1,000 refugees,"

Mr Barnett urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lift the refugee intake in a one-off effort to help deal with the Syrian refugee crisis.

if WA can take up to 1,000, what should

the overall one-off intake be?

hopefully we'll hear from dutton soon.

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Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 03:16:29 GMT

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has left open the possibility of Australia accepting more than 10,000 extra Syrian refugees.

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icyfroth — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 06:48:26 GMT

@*julia*2010 wrote:
"I am of the view that Western Australia could easily accommodate up to 1,000 refugees,"

Mr Barnett urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lift the refugee intake in a one-off effort to help deal with the Syrian refugee crisis.

if WA can take up to 1,000, what should
the overall one-off intake be?

hopefully we'll hear from dutton soon.

Only 1000? WA is half of Australia!

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 06:58:43 GMT

As I said not a huge offer, but it's a start and I think - or at least I hope - he was meaning 1000 extra migrants

I don't think the area of WA has much bearing on the situation - a large part of WA is uninhabitable desert.. It's more a question of financial capacity to look after an extra 1000 refugees - which, in part equates to population, i.e taxpayers, able to carry the burden.

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:02:55 GMT

There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.

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icyfroth — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:29:14 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.

How would he feel about sponsoring a group of young agressive men?

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:16:54 GMT

As an ex hockey coach and international player, I doubt whether it would bother him. I imagine he had to handle quite a few aggressive young men during his career.

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Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:59:07 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
As an ex hockey coach and international player, I doubt whether it would bother him. I imagine he had to handle quite a few aggressive young men during his career.

somehow i don't think a sin bin would be

an adequate measure.

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lyndal1838 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:34:45 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.
How would he feel about sponsoring a group of young agressive men?

The offer was to sponsor a refugee FAMILY....how many families would consist of a group of aggressive young men?

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icyfroth — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:03:00 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.
How would he feel about sponsoring a group of young agressive men?
The offer was to sponsor a refugee FAMILY....

Yes I know. geez

how many families would consist of a group of aggressive young men?

Well quite a lot judging by the sheer amount of young men on the move calling themselves Syrian refugees.

But the point I was trying to make is: The ppl of Europe that are being forced into taking in the overwhelming amount of refugees in ( 75% of which are young men) don't have the luxury of choice as to whether they'll sponsor families or groups of agressive young men. They just have to cop it.

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debra9275 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:06:55 GMT

really?? I thought i saw on last night's news people being warmly welcomed. Maybe we watch a different news service to you??

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debra9275 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:08:23 GMT

Vic is preparing too She-ele, they are thinking of using Point Cook here which was last used to house Kosovo refugees during the 1990's

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bushies.girl — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:10:32 GMT

Hopefully he will find accommodation for all homeless in WA as well ....

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icyfroth — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:10:46 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:
really?? I thought i saw on last night's news people being warmly welcomed. Maybe we watch a different news service to you??

They were probably all relos lol.

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debra9275 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:11:14 GMT

no, they weren't

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debra9275 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:16:12 GMT

@bushies.girl wrote:
Hopefully he will find accommodation for all homeless in WA as well ....

he is helping them in Vic

which I think is fantastic

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/east-west-link-houses-handed-over-to-homeless-people-20150904-gjflp0.html

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icyfroth — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:14:30 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:
no, they weren't

Well they soon will be lol

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bushies.girl — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:17:36 GMT

Dont think Barnett is responsible for that Debra .... he prefers to have sprinklers turned on homeless people who were sleeping in the street in Perth

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debra9275 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:19:35 GMT

obviously, I was talking about the Vic premier looking at housing refugees at Point Cook ( Point Cook is in Vic) and also handing over that other housing to the homeless